From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 13 05:53:36 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 433BC16A4CE for ; Thu, 13 Jan 2005 05:53:36 +0000 (GMT) Received: from quark.cs.earlham.edu (cs.earlham.edu [159.28.230.3]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B311243D1D for ; Thu, 13 Jan 2005 05:53:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from skylar@cs.earlham.edu) Received: from quark.cs.earlham.edu (localhost.cs.earlham.edu [127.0.0.1]) by quark.cs.earlham.edu (8.13.1/8.12.9) with ESMTP id j0D5rXX2095137 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 13 Jan 2005 00:53:33 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from skylar@cs.earlham.edu) Received: (from skylar@localhost) by quark.cs.earlham.edu (8.13.1/8.12.9/Submit) id j0D5rXHV095136 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 13 Jan 2005 00:53:33 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from skylar@cs.earlham.edu) X-Authentication-Warning: quark.cs.earlham.edu: skylar set sender to skylar@quark.cs.earlham.edu using -f Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 00:53:33 -0500 From: Skylar Thompson To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050113055333.GA95020@quark.cs.earlham.edu> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Qxx1br4bt0+wmkIi" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Sender: "Skylar Thompson" X-Accept-Primary-Language: en X-Accept-Secondary-Language: es SMTP-Mailing-Host: quark.cs.earlham.edu X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.11-PRERELEASE X-Uptime: 12:50AM up 27 days, 20:58, 19 users, load averages: 0.11, 0.09, 0.12 X-Editor: VIM - Vi IMproved 6.3 (2004 June 7, compiled Aug 26 2004 10:37:04) Subject: Re: Which OS should we use? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Skylar Thompson List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 05:53:36 -0000 --Qxx1br4bt0+wmkIi Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Jan 11, 2005 at 03:22:15PM -0600, Paul Schmehl wrote: > We're getting ready to create some new servers from scratch=20 > (format/install). We've been using 4.9 and 4.10 for a while now with no= =20 > problems. We've got one 5.3 box setup for test purposes. >=20 > On this list I have seen comments about instability issues in 5.3. These= =20 > servers need to be stable. Should we install 4.10/11? Or move up to 5.3? I'm not sure about 5.3, but our tape backup server has been rock solid on 5.2.1 for months. We use Vinum to do software RAID on our holding disk, and that hasn't hiccuped at all. --=20 -- Skylar Thompson (skylar@cs.earlham.edu) -- http://www.cs.earlham.edu/~skylar/ --Qxx1br4bt0+wmkIi Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFB5gzdsc4yyULgN4YRAtrjAJ9nLL2Z8dcFIxfRLcvuKuwwAIKsHACcD0bt yn18fGe8yRDpUzgp6itrNPI= =pfx1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Qxx1br4bt0+wmkIi--